Numbers 26:59
57 Now these were the Levites numbered by their clans: The Gershonite clan from Gershon, the Kohathite clan from Kohath, and the Merarite clan from Merari.
58 These were the families of the Levites: The Libnite clan, the Hebronite clan, the Mahlite clan, the Mushite clan, and the Korahite clan. Now Kohath was the father of Amram,
and Amram’s wife was named Jochebed. She was also a daughter of Levi, born to Levi in Egypt. To Amram she bore Aaron, Moses, and their sister Miriam.
60 Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar were born to Aaron,
61 but Nadab and Abihu died when they offered unauthorized fire before the LORD.
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- BSB
- and Amram’s wife was named Jochebed. She was also a daughter of Levi, born to Levi in Egypt. To Amram she bore Aaron, Moses, and their sister Miriam.
- KJV
- And the name of Amram’s wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, whom her mother bare to Levi in Egypt: and she bare unto Amram Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their sister.
- WEB
- The name of Amram’s wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, who was born to Levi in Egypt. She bore to Amram Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their sister.
- ASV
- And the name of Amram`s wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, who was born to Levi in Egypt: and she bare unto Amram Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their sister.
- DARBY
- And the name of Amram's wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, who was born to Levi in Egypt; and she bore to Amram Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their sister.
- BLB
- And the name of the wife of Amram [was] Jochebed daughter of Levi, who was born to Levi in Egypt. And she bore to Amram Aaron and Moses and Miriam their sister.
- ÅB
- og Amrams hustru hette Jokebed; hun var datter av Levi og født i Egypt; og Amram fikk med henne Aron og Moses og deres søster Mirjam.
- OTB
- Navnet på Amrams kone var Jokebed, en datter av Levi, som ble født til levittene i Egypt. Til Amram fødte hun Aron, Moses og deres søster Mirjam.
- B1930
- og Amrams hustru hette Jokebed; hun var datter av Levi og født i Egypten; og Amram fikk med henne Aron og Moses og deres søster Mirjam.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Exodus 6:20
And Amram married his father’s sister Jochebed, and she bore him Aaron and Moses. Amram lived 137 years.
Read in contextExodus 2:1–2
Now a man of the house of Levi married a daughter of Levi,
Read in contextLeviticus 18:12
You must not have sexual relations with your father’s sister; she is your father’s close relative.
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